summary of an evaluation study of educational technology

Done by: Abdullah Al.Kaabi Adel Al.Ajmi

Using mobile phones to augment teacher learning in environmental education

Study title

The study aimed to: use of mobile phones as a tool to augment

the developing pedagogy of pre-service teachers in primary schools

Purpose of study

The researcher use small groups called action learning sets to collecting data.

This following section is divided into five parts the equipment, the participants, training, teaching and the

data gathered.

Instruments

Brian Ferry, Using mobile phones to augment teacher learning in environmental education 2008. http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/melbourne08/procs/ferry-poster.pdf

Reference

Study title :

Evaluating pedagogical affordances of media sharing Web 2.0 technologies: A case study.

Second study

This study mention and evaluate many features for example:

1. zoom in and out of the image. 2. post asynchronous comments. 3. Audio comment so video comments. 4. Full discussion captured on one single Page. 5. Ability to invite groups and keep the thread private, public or a mixture.

Specific technology features

Kevin Burden, Centre for Educational Studies

The University of Hull, UK,Simon Atkinson,College of Education,Massey University, NZ

http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/melbourne08/procs/burden-2.pdf

refrence